Nils Nilsson Skaar

Nils Nilsson Skaar (March 28, 1852 – June 12, 1948) was a Norwegian teacher, farmer, editor, and parliamentary representative from the Fykse Sound in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county.[1]

Family

Skaar was born at the Botnen farm at the head of the Fykse Sound in Vikør (now Kvam), the son of Nils Nilsson Skaar (1826–1909), also a mayor and parliamentary representative, and Blansa Nilsdotter Rykkje (1826–1908).[2] His uncle Johannes Skaar (1828–1904) was a Norwegian bishop and hymnologist.[3]

Career

Skaar served as mayor for 20 years and had a permanent seat in the Storting for a total of 15 years (for Søndre Bergenhus from 1886 to 1894, and for Hardanger from 1910 to 1915), and he also participated in another two sessions. He was a member of the Liberal Party.[1] In the Storting he served on the budget and constitution committees, among other positions. He also operated the newspaper Hordaland Folkeblad. Skaar was a county auditor from 1898 to 1910, and he attended the coronation of King Haakon VII and his wife Queen Maud in Trondheim in 1906.[4]

References
  1. Hamsun, Knut. 1994. Knut Hamsuns Brev, vol. 1. Oslo: Gyldendal, pp. 16, 206.
  2. Haffner, Vilhelm, et al. 1949. Stortinget og Statsrådet 1915-1945: Biografier. Oslo: Aschehoug, p. 646.
  3. Norsk biografisk leksikon: Johannes Skaar.
  4. Lindstøl, Tallak. 1914. Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914. Vol. 1, part 2: Biografier L–Ø. Kristiania: Steen'ske bogtrykkeri.
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